Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Spermatophore

Sper″ma‐to‐phore (?), n. [Spermato- + Gr. ��� to bear.] 1. (Physiol.) Same as Spermospore.2. (Zoöl.) A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of spermatozoa. They are present in m...

7994

Spermatophorous

Sper′ma‐toph″o‐rous (?), a.(Physiol.) Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.

7995

Spermatophyta

‖Sper′ma‐toph″y‐ta (?), n. pl. [NL.; spermato- + Gr. � plant.] (Bot.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. T...

7996

Spermatophyte

Sper″ma‐to″phyte′ (?), n. Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta. — Sper′ma‐to‐phyt″ic (#), a.

7997

Spermatorrhea

{Sper′ma‐tor‐rhe″a, Sper′ma‐tor‐rhœ″a, (�) }, n. [NL., fr. Gr. σπέρμα, -ατοσ, seed + ��� to flow.] (Med.) Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.

7998

Spermatospore

Sper″ma‐to‐spore (?), n. Same as Spermospore.

7999

Spermatozoid

Sper′ma‐to‐zo″id (?), n. [Spermatozoön + Gr. ��� form.] (Biol.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like p...

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Spermatozooid

Sper′ma‐to‐zo″oid (?) n.(Biol.) A spermatozoid.

8001

Spermatozoön

‖Sper′ma‐to‐zo″ön (?), n.; pl.Spermatozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ���, sperm + ζο̑ͅον an animal.] (Biol.) Same as Spermatozoid.

8002

Spermic

Sper″mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.

8003

Spermidium

‖Sper‐mid″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Spermidia (#). [Nl., fr. Gr. σπέρμα seed.] (Bot.) An achenium.

8004

Spermism

Sperm″ism (?), n. [Gr. � seed, sperm + -ism.] (Biol.) The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.

8005

Spermist

Sperm″ist (?), n.(Biol.) A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered a...

8006

Spermoblast

Sper″mo‐blast (?), n. [Spermo- + -blast.] (Physiol.) One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocy...

8007

Spermococcus

‖Sper′mo‐coc″cus (?), n. [NL. See Spermo-, and Coccus.] (Physiol.) The nucleus of the sperm cell.

8008

Spermoderm

Sper″mo‐derm (?), n. [Spermo- + derm: cf. F. spermoderme.] (Bot.) The covering of a seed; — sometimes limited to the outer coat or testa. Lindley.

8009

Spermogonium

‖Sper′mo‐go″ni‐um (?), n. [NL.; spermo- + Gr. ��� offspring.] (Bot.) A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia.

8010

Spermologist

Sper‐mol″o‐gist (?), n. [Gr. ����� picking up seeds; σπέρμα sperm, seed + ���� to gather.] One who treats of, or collects, seeds. Bailey.

8011

Spermophile

Sper″mo‐phile (?), n. [Gr. σπέρμα a seed + φίλοσ loving, fond.] (Zoöl.) Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.

8012

Spermophore

Sper″mo‐phore (?), n.(Zoöl.) A spermatophore.

8013

Spermophyta

‖Sper‐moph″y‐ta (?), n. pl. [Nl., from Gr. σπέρμα a seed + φυτόν a plant.] Plants which produce seed; phænogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the veget...

8014

Spermophyte

Sper″mo‐phyte (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant which produces true seeds; — a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.

8015

Spermophytic

Sper′mo‐phyt″ic (?), a.(Bot.) Capable of producing seeds; phænogamic.

8016

Spermoplasma

‖Sper′mo‐plas″ma (?), n. [NL. See Spermo-, and Plasma.] (Physiol.) The protoplasm of the sperm cell. Haeckel.

8017

Spermosphere

Sper″mo‐sphere (?), n. [Spermo- + sphere.] (Physiol.) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (sperm...

8018

Spermospore

Sper″mo‐spore (?), n. [Spermo- + spore.] (Physiol.) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids...

8019

Spermule

Sper″mule (?), n. [Dim. fr. sperm.] (Physiol.) A sperm cell. Haeckel.